For those wondering what First Monday is, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Monday_%28journal%29
(I haven't come across it before this...)
Mike
On 16 Mar 2010, at 11:53, Gordon Joly wrote:
FYI
Gordo
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http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/
view/2830
How today’s college students use Wikipedia for course-related research
Alison J. Head, Michael B. Eisenberg
Abstract
Findings are reported from student focus groups and a large-scale
survey about how and why students (enrolled at six different U.S.
colleges) use Wikipedia during the course-related research process.
A majority of respondents frequently used Wikipedia for background
information, but less often than they used other common resources,
such as course readings and Google. Architecture, engineering, and
science majors were more likely to use Wikipedia for course-related
research than respondents in other majors. The findings suggest
Wikipedia is used in combination with other information resources.
Wikipedia meets the needs of college students because it offers a
mixture of coverage, currency, convenience, and comprehensibility
in a world where credibility is less of a given or an expectation
from today’s students.
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